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Monday, June 25, 2012

Our New Cookbook: Nourishing Meals

Hello dear readers! We are excited to finally announce the details of our new cookbook, Nourishing Meals: Healthy Gluten-Free Recipes for the Whole Family. It has been years in the making and we much appreciate all of your emails, comments, and suggestions as it helped shape the book. The book is due out at the end of August, 2012. You can now pre-order it from our website and get a FREE e-book containing 16 of our favorite recipes from the book (more details at the bottom of this post).

Right now we are facing an epidemic of childhood diseases and disorders such as obesity, autism, ADHD, allergies, and diabetes. Many of us are searching for ways to help our children not only survive, but thrive in this world. We dug into the research and found many connections between environmental exposures, dietary habits, and the prevalence of these conditions. In Nourishing Meals you will find an overview of this information presented in an easy-to-read format.

The purpose of this book is to help you transition into a gluten-free lifestyle and also provide the tools you need to make informed dietary choices.

Nourishing Mealscontains over 300 new whole foods recipes, as well as detailed information about health particularly relating to nutrition for conception, pregnancy, and childhood. You'll learn about the nutrients needed and how to best obtain them, as well as factors that can affect health during these critical stages, such as environmental exposure to chemicals. We also covered many of the causes of food allergies and sensitivities, and what you can do to help prevent them. And because raising a healthy child also involves making sure they actually eat nourishing food, we provided detailed information on raising healthy eaters from pregnancy onwards (yes, healthy eating habits actually begin in the womb!).

Before each recipe chapter you'll find information pertaining to that chapter and "10 Tips." For example, in the Salads and Vegetables chapter you'll find information on the vital phytochemicals in plants as well as ways to get your children to eat more vegetables. There are then 10 Tips for adding more vegetables to your child's diet. In the Dessert chapter we discussed alternatives to refined sugar and offered 10 Tips for using natural sweeteners. We hope that this will make the book more practical for you.

The book consists of vegan, vegetarian, meat-based, grain-based, grain-free, nut-free, nut-based recipes...pretty much the whole spectrum of eating....because there is no one way nor one perfect diet for everyone. Additionally, speckled throughout the recipes, you will find detailed nutrition tips to help you understand exactly why certain foods are beneficial for health!

We bet by now you are really wishing you had a copy in your hands! You can pre-order the book from our website and when you do we are offering a FREE e-book containing 16 of our favorite recipes, with full color photos of each recipe, so you don't have to wait until August to get a taste of what Nourishing Meals offers (okay, they are all our favorites, but we think you'll like these!). If you don't care for the e-book, you can also pre-order the book from amazon.com.

About the Author

Alissa Segersten holds a Bachelor's of Science in Nutrition from Bastyr University. She is the founder of Whole Life Nutrition, the mother of five children, a whole foods cooking instructor, professional recipe developer, and cookbook author. She is passionate about helping others find a diet that will truly nourish them, and offers elimination diet recipes, healthy gluten-free recipes, paleo and vegan recipes, as well as tips for feeding your family a nourishing, whole foods diet. Alissa is the author of two very popular gluten-free, whole foods cookbooks and guidebooks: The Whole Life Nutrition Cookbook and Nourishing Meals. She is also the co-author of The Elimination Diet book. Connect with her on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram!

I love your first book and look forward to this one. I, too, would like to know how many recipes are vegan/vegetarian. It sounds like the book will explain why gluten is bad for us but is it bad for everyone? In any case, I can't wait for the book. I am sure it is wonderful!

Congratulations, Tom and Ali! And sign me up! I love your original cookbook and use it all the time, and I'm excited that your new one is arriving. Your recipes and photos are wonderful and inspiring. You two know your stuff, you work hard at all this, and it shows.

Bless you guys for compiling this! <3 ,<3 I devoured your first cookbook (after seeing it in the Thorne Mediclear pamphlet) & can't wait to dig into this one. p.s. It was fun to recognize Tom as he interviewed Frances Moore Lappe at the Seeds of Doubt conference!

Yippee!!! I, too, have used and loved your first cookbook - it has made all the difference with the change from "conventional" eating to cleaner, clearer food for us. Congratulations on your accomplishment!

Congrats, you guys! Your fist book has always been one of my and my support group's very favorites because it's so much more than a cookbook, so we'll all be thrilled to receive this one! I can't wait to see my preview e-book in a minute. That's such a great idea! You must feel so proud to complete a book that's such an amazing wealth of info and recipes. :-)

I am very very very excited about this book! Going to pre-order when I get home from work. I love your emphasis on a whole-foods diet and also how to get kids to eat healthily and enjoy it. I get the sense that your children choose the healthier option even when presented with frankenfoods from the outside world. That is what I wonder about - raising my (future) children to eat well and then having them run out into the world and binge on doughnuts and milkshakes!

I'm excited to get your new book. I know that you are both young and raising a young family, hence, your book is geared toward helping children eat better. I'm wondering if you've considered providing information relevent to those of us who are older, peri- or post-menopausal.

I'm very interested in your new cookbook, although unfortunately some of the people in our household can't do nuts or raw food. What percentage of the recipes in your new book would you say contain either of those elements?

My husband and I have your first cookbook and we did your elimination diet, which cured his knee pain (Thank you!). However, there are some remaining health issues. I have searched your site and cannot find any information on the GAPS diet. Can you please comment on your opinion of this approach to heal hay fever, bipolar, and food allergies/sensitivities themselves?

Hi Ali, I am so excited for your new book. Thank you so much for sharing your cooking talents and resources! I received the e-book and had a question on the instructions for the "Wheat" bread. The text says to add 3 cups Teff Flour, but the recipe only calls for 1.5 (plus the 2 cups Sorghum). I'm assuming I should just add 3 cups of this combo and then mix in the extra as needed? Thanks again for your hard work!

Welcome to my blog!

Hi! My name is Alissa Segersten and I've had a love of healthy food and cooking since the age of 10. I have my degree in Nutrition from Bastyr University and am the author of three {gluten-free} food and nutrition books. When I was pregnant with my first daughter in 2001, I diligently began writing down my recipes because so many people would ask for them! Some of these recipes appeared in my first book, The Whole Life Nutrition Cookbook. I now have 5 children and am passionate about educating them about our food system so they can make the most informed choices as they grow up and are exposed to a world of processed, chemical-laden foods. Join me in my mission of helping to support families with nourishing meals! Read more about me here.